What is the Eurovision Prompt Festival?

The Eurovision Prompt Festival is a creative variation on the well-known Eurovision Song Contest. But with one important difference: all music is generated using artificial intelligence and performed by drag performers.

The songs are created through prompting — giving smart commands to AI — in Suno and are then brought to life by drag performers on the Neushoorn stage. Six performers each present two AI songs, accompanied by a live band of student artists from Firda. The audience and a professional jury jointly determine the winner of the evening.

Where: Neushoorn, Leeuwarden
When: April 16
What: AI music, drag performances, live band by Firda students, jury & audience voting

Tickets via this link.

And the winner is…

At the end of the evening, the big finale will take place: which AI song will win the hearts of the audience and the expert jury? Together, they will decide who will walk away with the victory. The expert jury consists of:

• Willem de Vries — presenter and program maker at Omrop Fryslân
• Floris de Jonge — lecturer in the Visual Arts and Design Teacher Training program, specialist in the significance of AI within creative expression, and supervisor for the AI for Everyone minor at the Computer Vision and Data Science research group.
• A third special guest — to be announced soon

Together, they assess the acts on creativity, performance, originality, and the way AI is used.

Collaboration with education & applied AI practicum

The Eurovision Prompt Festival is a co-creation of education, culture, and the creative field. Students actively participate in the development of music, performances, technology, production, and reflection.

The festival is organized in collaboration with:

• Performing arts and technology – Firda in Neushoorn
• Media design – Firda at MICA
• Creative Business – NHL Stenden
• Firda Applied AI Practicum, with practicum instructor Mark Westra and Educational Technology & AI project leader Rones Pander

This way, the festival becomes not only a stage, but also a learning environment in which students experiment with new forms of creative production.

More than just a party: reflections on AI in the creative sector

The Eurovision Prompt Festival is emphatically more than just an AI party. It is part of a broader program in which we reflect together on the role of AI in the creative sector.

That is why the festival is supported by:

• MICAfé – March 5
  An afternoon of substantive discussion about the impact of AI on creative work, authenticity, and craftsmanship.
• Night of Philosophy (in collaboration with practor Mark Westra)
  A philosophical look at ethics, technology, and connection with us as humans.
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  Student Manifesto Students write a manifesto on how we, as creative makers, can use AI while remaining critical and responsible.
• Workshops on responsible use of AI in collaboration with Fers and libraries in Friesland.

In this way, we are not only building new forms of creation, but also awareness and debate.

Organization & financing

The Eurovision Prompt Festival is organized by MICA and made possible by:

• Netwerk Mediawijsheid Nederland (Dutch Media Literacy Network)
• Leeuwarden Digital Agenda, from the Municipality of Leeuwarden
• Fresh
• Rhinoceros Leeuwarden
• Firda
• NHL Stenden

Shine together, sing forever.

On April 16, we will demonstrate what is possible when AI and creativity come together—on stage and beyond.

The Eurovision Prompt Festival is an evening filled with performance, experimentation, debate, and imagination. For creators, students, professionals, policymakers, and anyone who is curious about the future of creativity.